If the Colts lose to the Jaguars on Sunday...

[HappyDays]

...there might be a must-watch Sunday Night Football game.

 

 

[Saint Doug]

🍿

[Nextmanup]

That would really be a strange situation.  

 

In the NHL, teams "play for a tie" all the time when the score is tied and there is maybe 5 minutes left in the game. 

 

No one does anything risky, it's all defense, and no one is trying to score, so they both get the 1 point for tying and then they can try their luck for a second point in OT.

 

I can see a pair of NFL teams playing in that manner, in theory.  Very vanilla football, shooting for a 0-0 tie! 

 

That would be crazy.

 

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by Nextmanup

[Mailman]

Not happening but interesting nonetheless 

[BuffaloBillyG]

That would be amazing. Would love Tom hear the commentary. Maybe they can bring in Antonio Brown as a color commentator

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

1 minute ago, Mailman said:

Not happening but interesting nonetheless 

I actually expect that Colts /Jaguars game to be a lot closer than most would think. But ultimately I would expect the Jaguars to come up short.

[Blainorama5]

1 minute ago, Mailman said:

Not happening but interesting nonetheless 

Yeah and the Jets had ZERO chance of beating the Bucs...   Pretty improbable for the Jags this week, but wow that would be an interesting situation.

[BuffaloBill]

No way do the Colts lose

[Arkady Renko]

I am hoping for this chaos.  

[Charles Romes]

Madden’s Raiders in 1976 had a chance late in the season to retain the #1 seed and jettison the Steelers from playoffs. The two time defending champion Steelers were the hottest team in NFL history at the time, yielding a total of 28 points over 9 games.  All Madden needed to do was lose to the Bengals and the Steelers would be gone. Instead Madden blew out the Bengals and then the Steelers in the AFC championship game.  The point is, you play to win the game. 

[Process]

Omg. I want to see this happen almost as much as I want to see the Bills win the Superbowl.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

If the Colts lose, the Jags should be awarded a wildcard playoff berth because of plucky play in games that mean something for team pride, e.g., Buffalo and Indy.

(Hums the tune for 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'.)

[Steptide]

Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't the seeding matter? 

[BuffaloRebound]

I know we all love Frank Reich, but if he misses the playoffs with that stacked roster he deserves to be on hot seat.  

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, Steptide said:

Forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't the seeding matter? 

 

The Chargers would have the upper hand as they're currently seeded seventh to the Raiders eight. So presumably the Chargers would move up to seven and the Raiders eight.

 

But if both go 9-7-1 and the Steelers beat the Ravens wouldn't they come into play?

[Bruce Smith]

16 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

No way do the Colts lose

Colts are 0-6 in their last 6 in Jax.  And do not forget our 9-6 ass kicking.  

[Augie]

20 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

That would be amazing. Would love Tom hear the commentary. Maybe they can bring in Antonio Brown as a color commentator

 

Was it NBC years ago who aired an entire game without any commentary? They could do that again, with both team kneeling on every play and sell the recording on QVC and the Home Shopping Network as a cure for insomnia! Think of the money that could be made! Let there be SLEEP! 

[HappyDays]

5 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

But if both go 9-7-1 and the Steelers beat the Ravens wouldn't they come into play?

 

According to the playoff machine it doesn't matter. Probably some other conference tiebreakers involved there. The Raiders and Chargers are both in no matter what if the Colts lose and their game ends in a tie.

[DrDawkinstein]

Colts wont lose to the Jags. No self-respecting team loses to the Jags.

 

😑

[LeGOATski]

19 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:

I know we all love Frank Reich, but if he misses the playoffs with that stacked roster he deserves to be on hot seat.  

He needs a franchise QB in the worst way. Rivers and Wentz are big names, but they're not it.

[Amaru523]

Someone already mentioned this, but the Jags have won 6 in a row at home vs Indy. Last year they were 1-15, the 1 win.............at home vs the Colts. There's definitely a chance.

[Blank Stare]

Awesome! I would love to see this. But even if the Colts lost, something tells me there’s no way that Raiders interim coach will agree to play for a tie. He seems like one of those old school types. Not to mention they are divisional foes who’d (foolishly) love to kill the opposing team’s chance at the playoffs even if that belief ultimately causes them to lose and kill their own chance. Of the two teams, I think Staley would be cool with it, but probably zero chance we’d see a one game truce. 

[BADOLBILZ]

9 minutes ago, Charles Romes said:

Madden’s Raiders in 1976 had a chance late in the season to retain the #1 seed and jettison the Steelers from playoffs. The two time defending champion Steelers were the hottest team in NFL history at the time, yielding a total of 28 points over 9 games.  All Madden needed to do was lose to the Bengals and the Steelers would be gone. Instead Madden blew out the Bengals and then the Steelers in the AFC championship game.  The point is, you play to win the game. 

 

 

That was one of the more "lucky" postseasons for a team ever though.

 

Raiders narrowly escaped to beat New England.

 

Steelers totally annihilated the Colts.

 

But both the Steelers 1,000 yard rushers were lost for the season in the Colts game.

 

The 15-1 Raiders against a Steelers team with almost twice the point differential of the Raiders.............that might have been the ultimate matchup game of the 1970's.

 

I guess fortune favored the bold that postseason!

 

That Steeler team had a PD of over 200 in just 14 games.......that's crazy.

 

[BuffaloRebound]

2 minutes ago, TheProcess said:

Awesome! I would love to see this. But even if the Colts lost, something tells me there’s no way that Raiders interim coach will agree to play for a tie. He seems like one of those old school types. Not to mention they are divisional foes who’d (foolishly) love to kill the opposing team’s chance at the playoffs even if that belief ultimately causes them to lose and kill their own chance. Of the two teams, I think Staley would be cool with it, but probably zero chance we’d see a one game truce. 

I think Davis would be all for embarrassing the NFL after what happened with Gruden.  

[dave mcbride]

1 minute ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

That was one of the more "lucky" postseasons for a team ever though.

 

Raiders narrowly escaped to beat New England.

 

Steelers totally annihilated the Colts.

 

But both the Steelers 1,000 yard rushers were lost for the season in the Colts game.

 

The 15-1 Raiders against a Steelers team with almost twice the point differential of the Raiders.............that might have been the ultimate matchup game of the 1970's.

 

I guess fortune favored the bold that postseason!

 

That Steeler team had a PD of over 200 in just 14 games.......that's crazy.

 

I always figured that the tuck rule was karmic payback for the roughing call on Sugar Bear Hamilton. (It was such a bad call given that era, although it'd be called roughing nowadays). Ben Dreith was the ref and is hated to this day in New England. They even mentioned it in a Buff News piece from last year! https://buffalonews.com/sports/football/sunday-playbook-referee-ben-dreith-remembered-for-raiders-pats-call-and-kelly-getting-the-business/article_e4c05fd6-fde4-11ea-af8f-33d1bdbaa5bd.html

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

58 minutes ago, Blainorama5 said:

Yeah and the Jets had ZERO chance of beating the Bucs...   Pretty improbable for the Jags this week, but wow that would be an interesting situation.

Bucs entire offense is either injured or they stripped and retired mid game lol that really was not a surprising result. 

[dave mcbride]

59 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

I actually expect that Colts /Jaguars game to be a lot closer than most would think. But ultimately I would expect the Jaguars to come up short.

Indy has lost 6 in a row in Jacksonville going back to 2015. Crazy but true.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

This is amazing. But I bet this would run afoul of some collusion rule in the NFL. This would have to be done probably without any sort of agreement. 
 

This is a true prisoner’s dilemma. If you try to win, you could risk the other side trying to beat you. But if you both cooperate to tie, you both “win.”

[BananaB]

If it’s a tight game I suspect the Colts are gonna get the game changing calls we see on a weekly basis

[Malazan]

NFL teams don't lose to the Jaguars...

[SoCal Deek]

So after the opening touchback, the receiving team snaps the ball on first down and then stands there for fifteen minutes while the defense stands there staring at them. The quarter expires on a kneel down. The teams switch ends of the field and do it again until halftime? Second half....rinse and repeat. The game will be over in a little over an hour. The halftime  studio analysis will be priceless. Only to be topped by the Sideline Reporter's in depth coaches comments on second half 'adjustments'.

 

Hilarious! 

[Albany,n.y.]

1 hour ago, Blainorama5 said:

Yeah and the Jets had ZERO chance of beating the Bucs...   Pretty improbable for the Jags this week, but wow that would be an interesting situation.

The Jets beat the Bucs?  News to me.😀

[DrW]

1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said:

So after the opening touchback, the receiving team snaps the ball on first down and then stands there for fifteen minutes while the defense stands there staring at them. The quarter expires on a kneel down. The teams switch ends of the field and do it again until halftime? Second half....rinse and repeat. The game will be over in a little over an hour. The halftime  studio analysis will be priceless. Only to be topped by the Sideline Reporter's in depth coaches comments on second half 'adjustments'.

 

Hilarious! 

 

Something like this happened at the soccer world cup in 1982 in Gijon/Spain. Germany and Austria played the last game of group A. With a 1:0 or 2:0 victory for Germany, both would advance to the next round and Algeria would be out. The first 10 minutes were like a normal soccer game, until Germany scored the 1:0. For the remaining 80 minutes, both teams passed the ball around in their own half without any serious attempt to attack. The German goalie touched the ball twice, once on a pass back from a teammate and once on a throw-in. The Austrian goalie had a similarly quiet afternoon. The game is now known as the non-aggression pact (usually a political term) of Gijon or the "Disgrace of Gijon". The German TV announcer actually refused to comment on the game in the second half.

The most important positive outcome of the game was that the FIFA changed their rules so that now all four teams in a group play their last games at the same time.

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by DrW

[Captain Caveman]

3 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

 

No one does anything risky, it's all defense, and no one is trying to score, so they both get the 1 point for tying and then they can try their luck for a second point in OT.

 

I can see a pair of NFL teams playing in that manner, in theory.  Very vanilla football, shooting for a 0-0 tie! 

 

 

 

 

 

Hockey is a totally different sport because all of your players play offense and defense.  In football, having your offense play vanilla doesn't really help your defense, and these teams will NOT be playing for a tie, regardless of what happens in the Colts game.

[Ralonzo]

3 hours ago, HappyDays said:

...there might be a must-watch Sunday Night Football game.

 

 

[Clemfield2622]

2 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

So after the opening touchback, the receiving team snaps the ball on first down and then stands there for fifteen minutes while the defense stands there staring at them. The quarter expires on a kneel down. The teams switch ends of the field and do it again until halftime? Second half....rinse and repeat. The game will be over in a little over an hour. The halftime  studio analysis will be priceless. Only to be topped by the Sideline Reporter's in depth coaches comments on second half 'adjustments'.

 

Hilarious! 

Or, do the exact opposite.

 

The teams take turns letting each other score 75+ yard touchdowns and pad the hell out of their stats. 

[Behindenemylines]

What would be sooo entertaining is the inevitable “ mistake” where someone would have the ability to score but shouldn’t.  So would they just fall over and give up?   Try and act like something happened etc. would be hilarious.  And I so want Chris Collinsworth announcing just making up stuff to try and cover it.  

[GottaRun]

[djp14150]

4 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

Madden’s Raiders in 1976 had a chance late in the season to retain the #1 seed and jettison the Steelers from playoffs. The two time defending champion Steelers were the hottest team in NFL history at the time, yielding a total of 28 points over 9 games.  All Madden needed to do was lose to the Bengals and the Steelers would be gone. Instead Madden blew out the Bengals and then the Steelers in the AFC championship game.  The point is, you play to win the game. 

 

There was a Jets game as game #256.  I can’t recall who they played but the team knew they play the Jets if they lost.  If they won they would have p,aye done of the hottest teams houston. They chose to rest everyone. Jets won at home.

 

Jets beat them the next week.

 

this started the flexing of games on week 17 and only try to put a meaningful  game here. 

4 hours ago, HappyDays said:

...there might be a must-watch Sunday Night Football game.

 

 

 

if I was the commissioner I’d set up a rule..if this fix happened, both teams would not go to the playoffs and npbe penalized big time with draft picks.

[Warcodered]